https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-04931-8
Regular Article
Radiation of a short linear antenna above a topologically insulating half-space
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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alberto.martin@nucleares.unam.mx
Received:
17
November
2023
Accepted:
19
January
2024
Published online:
9
February
2024
The topological magnetoelectric effect is a unique macroscopic manifestation of quantum states of matter possessing topological order and it is described by axion electrodynamics. In three-dimensional topological insulators, for instance, the axion coupling is of the order of the fine structure constant, and hence, a perturbative analysis of the field equations is plenty justified. In this paper, we use Green’s function techniques to obtain time-dependent solutions to the axion field equations in the presence of a planar domain wall separating two media with different topological order. We apply our results to investigate the radiation of a short linear antenna near the domain wall.
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